List of Kurdish states, dynasties and countries

This is a list of Kurdish dynasties, countries, and autonomous territories. By the 10th century, the term "Kurd" did not have an ethnic connotation and referred to Iranian nomads in the region between Lake Van and Lake Urmia. In Arabic medieval sources, "Kurd" referred to non-Persian and non-Turkish nomads and semi-nomads.

Except for the Kurdish languages, some ethnic Kurds speak Zaza and Gorani languages.

 Early entities 
 Sadakiyans (770–827)
 Daysam (938–955)
 Shaddadids (951–1199)
 Rawwadids (955–1071) – They were of Arab origin, later Kurdicized.
 Hasanuyids (959–1014)
 Marwanids (983–1096) 
 Annazids (990/991–1117) 
 Fadlawayh (11th–12th centuries)
 Hazaraspids (1115–1425)
 Ayyubids (1171–1260)
 Principality of Bitlis (1187–1847)
 Vassaldom of Ardalan (14th century–1865/1868)
 Emirate of Çemişgezek (13th century–1663)
 Germiyan Beylik (1300–1429) – Mixed Turkish and Kurdish origin.
 Mukriyan (14th–19th centuries)
 Zarrinnaal dynasty (1448–1925)
 Emirate of Pazooka (1499–1587)
 Safavid dynasty (1501–1736)
 Principality of Suleyman (15th century–1838)
 Emirate of Soran (before 1514–1836)
 Emirate of Miks (?–1846)

 Remnants of the Ayyubid Dynasty (13th–19th centuries) 
 Emirate of Bingöl (1231–1864)
 Emirate of Hasankeyf (1232–1524)
 Emirate of Kilis
 Emirate of Şirvan (?–1840s)
 Emirate of Hakkâri (before 1380s–1845)
 Principality of Zirqan (1335–1835)
 Emirate of Bahdinan (1339–1843)
 Emirate of Bohtan (?–1833)
 Principality of Mahmudi (1406–1839)
 Principality of Pinyaşi (1548–1823)

 Buffer zones between the Ottomans and Persia (13th–19th centuries) 
 Emirate of Pazooka (1499–1587)
 Emirate of Soran (before 1514–1836)
 Principality of Suleyman (15th century–1838)
 Emirate of Şirvan (?–1840s)
 Principality of Baban (16th century–1850)
 Principality of Pinyaşi (1548–1823)
 Sarab Khanate (?–1747)
 Khoy Khanate (?–1799)
 Tabriz Khanate (1757–1799)

 20th–21st century entities 
 Kingdom of Kurdistan (1918–1924/1925)
 Kurdistan Uyezd (1923–1929)
 Republic of Ararat (1927–1931)
 Republic of Mahabad (1946)
 Republic of Laçin (1992)
 Islamic Emirate of Byara (2001–2003)

 Present day 
 Autonomous 
There are two autonomous regions established by the Kurds. The first is the Kurdistan Regional Government, the only officially recognised Kurdish administration, founded in Iraqi Kurdistan after initiatives by the Iraqi Kurds.  
The second is the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), declared by the Syrian Kurds during the Syrian civil war as autonomous cantons, later federated.

Autonomy FlagMapYearsPart of AreaKurdistan Region 100x100px|borderthumb|70x70px1992Iraq46,862 km2Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria100x100px|borderthumb|70x70px2013Syria (de facto)50,000 km2

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